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Mill Park Wine Company Letterbook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Carmen D. Valentino, Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA on 08/29/2003.
Founded in 1869, the Mill Park Wine Company, of Haymarket, Va., was owned and operated by Christian Abraham Heineken where wine was made from the locally 'Batavia' grown grapes. Heineken was also a business partner of Franz Peters, who owned a 200-acre farm called 'Batavia' near Haymarket, Va.
The letterpress copybook of the Mill Park Wine Company of Haymarket, Virginia contains about 90 letters written by Christian A. Heineken and Franz Peters regarding business matters of the firm. The correspondence refers to ordering corks, labels, and other business affairs. The collection also includes two original wine labels.